agús

See also: agus, Agus, aguş, ağuş, and aĝus

Irish

Etymology

Probably related to agus (“and”), originally "proximity."^[1] Also compare Welsh agos (“near, close”).

Noun

agús m (genitive singular agúis, nominative plural agúis)

1. addition, qualification
2. clause, reservation

Declension

Declension of agús (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative agús agúis vocative a agúis a agúsa genitive agúis agús dative agús agúis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-agús na hagúis genitive an agúis na n-agús dative leis an agús don agús leis na hagúis

Mutation

Mutated forms of agús

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
agús	n-agús	hagús	t-agús

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “agús”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page agús

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “agús”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “agús”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024